Photographing in Golden Bay earlier this evening, waiting for that rare miracle when you find something that captivates your interest and the light goes all magical. It was windy and moody earlier today and I was expecting dramatic skies but got calm and serene instead. Made photographs for a couple hours, waited for the light, played with my 15mm fisheye lens, sat and smoked my pipe and thought about the beauty and the serenity. Then went back to the RV and joined the Legendary H for a few minutes before retreating from the bugs.
Having a blast. Lots of driving around hairpin turns in a vehicle that handles like a, well, like a giant box, and eating a mix of great local food and drink and meals like tonight’s trailer-cooked tortellini and meat sauce with a bottle of local Pinot Noir. Napped a little this afternoon, threw the kettlebell around for a while, made some photographs. Hard to beat that.
See you soon. Wish you were here!
Comments
Looks like you’re having a great time when some of us have to work at the office the whole day while enduring harsch winds and heavy snowfall 🙂 Have fun, enjoy it and take some more great photographs.
Once you get to the Central Otogo area you will find the very best Pinot Noirs! Enjoy
Happy travels.
Sounds like you’re having a great time David, very glad to hear it! Roll on Feb! 🙂
Kettlebell must be a fun carry-on! Awesome stuff as always!
wow! what a mood !!!! It’s seems the journey is amazing 🙂
Wait until you get down the West Coast to experience Real Sand-flies! They will carry you away! All part of the experience 🙂
nothing like camping food and a bottle of good wine – always tastes 1000x better sitting outside. Love it!
If those pesky sandflies & co are getting too much, I highly recommend “No Insects Repellent” by Botanica, made right here in NZ! Wonderful stuff. Me and my little boy didn’t get bitten once. 🙂 hooray! oh- you can find it at local health stores.
thanks for the updates, really enjoying the commentaries and images. Wonderful.
Sounds like a nice time. Love your “roof tent.”
Just don’t fall out of bed!
Sounds like a great trip – just two questions: 1. Is that the spiffy Sigma 15mm fisheye? – and 2. did you pack that kettlebell with you – or was it thrown in with the RV rental?
What a life! Relish it. …and have fun.
Great photographs, I’m really enjoying the moodiness of them. Your writing and activities bring back the memories of our 4WD caravan trip between Perth and Darwin here in Australia. The scenery of course was completely different, but the tranquility of camping with no one else around was just fantastic.
thanks for that distinctive profile shot. we miss him, but are happy that you guys are having a great time. however, if he tells me that it’s so similar to Corsica one more time…! that’s not assuaging me at all and based on your photographs i can say that they have completely different landscapes.
Ditto on the Mussel Inn – the beer is marvellous. Hope to manage the long winding and gravel road to the Tasman Park via Golden Bay – it is a truly beautiful place.
I grew up in golden bay and know the Takaka Hill well! If you are still in the area, and haven’t been there yet, the Mussell Inn at Onekaka (mussellinn.co.nz). They make their own beer and cider and it’s a great place to relax and enjoy the sunshine.
Sounds like you’re having a great trip!
Seems to be you are having an enjoyable time relaxing. Your images reflect that.
Sounds amazing! Love the images. Enjoy!
Hey David, I feel it’s my duty to my eyes to ask if you could provide a ‘Biggen It’ option to view your sweet photographs better. Thanks man! 🙂
Awesome …
I wish I was there too. New Zealand is definitely on my list.
We agree I wish I was there to. Well deserved enjoy it fully
Gosh I wish I was there too! I loved New Zealand and would go back in a heartbeat.
Hard to beat indeed! Is this some sort of torture you inflict on all of us who are sitting in an office looking out to a grey sky with freezing temps and rain? 😉
I wish I could be there too. It sounds way better than work and my finance quiz I have this week.
Sounds like THE life! :c)
There’s a different tone to your writing…yes, more relaxed but something more. Are you finding the peace that arrives after the stress dissipates? May your health and wellness continue to strengthen!
If you’re still up in Golden Bay checkout a place called Paturau. It’s a bit of a drive down a long gravel road to the middle of nowhere, but there’s some cool beaches/coastline and a campground just above the beach.
Keep having fun! 🙂
Some days are golden, even if the images are blue. Great stuff man!
Sounds like you are having a blast.
Keep enjoying yourself!
Brian